Hi,
@Alex: Thanks for pointing out the FindingGLAMS initiative, I'll check it out.
@ Merrilee : yes, indeed, that's also my experience, there are quite a few cases where library organisations (systems) and library branches are not well separated, not to mention (data about) library buildings, which is sometimes also mixed into the same WD-item. In my library modeling efforts I'm very strict about maintaining the proper parent/child relations (via Part of/HasPart pair, although Operator/Operated by is also commonly used)
@ Stacy: thanks for the coffeecode.net article, a very interesting read, and useful for further work!
Best, Olaf
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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 09:22:44 -0300 From: Alex Stinson astinson@wikimedia.org
Thanks Olaf!
This kind of Wikidata data collection is actually a huge part of the conversation behind The Finding GLAMs initiative led by Wikimedia Sweden. If you want to contribute, learn more on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FindingGLAMs
Cheers,
Alex
Message: 3 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 05:35:47 -0700 From: Merrilee Proffitt mproffitt@gmail.com
I think this is a better approach - doing the work in Wikidata.
In Wikidata I don't think we've done a great (or consistent) job of modeling organizational data well for things like libraries. For example many public libraries are branches that are part of a system. Both should be represented as parent / child.
Fwiw there are over 16,000 public libraries in the United States.
Merrilee
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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 13:09:59 +0000 From: Stacy Allison-Cassin sacassin@yorku.ca To: Wikimedia & Libraries libraries@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [libraries] Libraries Digest, Vol 82, Issue 3 Message-ID: YQXPR0101MB1751838A6CE19106F7168612BB2C0@YQXPR0101MB1751.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi, all. As a point of potential interest on this topic. Dan Scott, Monica Fazekas, and I gave a session at the Ontario Library Association conference last year about getting library organization data into the Wikimedia projects.
Read Dan Scott's write up on adding library organizational info to Wikidata here: https://coffeecode.net/creating-and-editing-libraries-in-wikidata.html
and you can see our meet-up page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/olasuperconference Wikipedia:Meetup/olasuperconference - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/olasuperconference As trusted knowledge mediators, libraries have a responsibility to help improve the presence of Canadian culture on Wikimedia platforms. In this edit-a-thon, participants will ensure their own libraries are represented on Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia, and be better prepared to lead edit-a-thons in their own communities. en.wikipedia.org
Stacy Allison-Cassin, MMus, MISt, PhD Cand.
Associate Librarian
York University Libraries